PHP Curl with --data flag?

Question

Can someone write a PHP script that reproduces the functionality of this linux shell command?

curl -X POST -u \"USERNAME:PASS\" \\
    -H \"Content-Type: ap         


        

Answer 1

A general rule: use the "--libcurl example.c" option to get curl to generate source code for a C program that would use libcurl. The API is very similar to the PHP/CURL one as you will see and you should then quickly realize that --data translates to CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS.

Oh, and you'll note that the -X usage is completely superfluous! ;-)